At the Maker Faire in Detroit

UPDATE : Just got back from the Faire – always a pleasure to go to these, and nice that they’re more local than San Francisco now…

Wow lot’s of stuff to see and do. The Henry Ford Museum was a great venue. Many ideas for toys and games for Sarah Jane – I also managed to pick up a copy of the “Eccentric Cubicle” – a makers guide to weird and wonderful devices.

Who is this guy?

Steve Hobley works for a software company, but in his spare time likes to deconstruct all the lovely consumer goods with a goal to make unique and interesting things.

A few years ago he posted a short clip of the laser harp he developed, solely to show friends back in the UK.

Automagically that one clip got picked up by Gizmodo, Engadget and a bunch of other tech journals. The end result (apart from a ton of views on Youtube) was to get hired as a consultant for Little Boots – creating a laser harp for her 2010 US tour.